Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Potassium isotope heterogeneity in the early Solar System controlled by extensive evaporation and partial recondensation

  • Yan Hu,
  • Frédéric Moynier,
  • Martin Bizzarro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35362-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This study reports strikingly light K isotopic compositions for the extremely K-depleted angrite meteorites, thereby providing the first observation of isotope fractionation likely controlled by partial recondensation at a planetary scale.